Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Michael Novak and David Hume
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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Power is the possibility of action, as discovered by experience [Hume]
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There may well be powers in things, with which we are quite unacquainted [Hume]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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We have no idea of powers, because we have no impressions of them [Hume]
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The distinction between a power and its exercise is entirely frivolous [Hume]
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We cannot form an idea of a 'power', and the word is without meaning [Hume]
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